I had a very early start on Saturday to meet Chris Packham and the BBC Springwatch team. The morning went off very well, only marred by my bus hitting a kid out on his bike and wearing headphones at 4am! Luckily he only had minor injuries.

Got up to the farm about 11am and got stuck right in.

Fettled and repainted the oil coolers and the aircon condenser -I used a wide spatula to straighten some of the veins that had got bent and am quite pleased with the result.

I will change the gearbox oil cooler as the screw fittings look shot on this one.

A word of advice to anyone fool-hardy enough to take on a nuts and bolts restoration as I have… Put the bonnet hinges on BEFORE the brake servos…!

Notice I have fitted nice brand new hinges to replace the very rusty original ones.

This week is also quite momentus. The engine is being assessed for the rebuild.